Stories

Sleeping Bear Dunes waives Presidents’ Day entrance fees

In celebration of Presidents’ Day, Superintendent Scott Tucker is pleased to announce that the entrance fee to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be waived on Monday, February 20. Fees waived include entrance fees and commercial tour fees. Other fees such as reservations, camping, and concession fees are not included.

February 10, 2017/by editor

Glen Lake Community Library holds visioning session

Upcoming Event

From staff reports The Glen Lake Community Library will host a public visioning session, to gather input for their future building expansion, on Saturday, Feb. 25. The meeting will take place in the fellowship room of the Empire United Methodist Church, from 10:30 am until noon. Community members are encouraged to attend this interactive workshop, […]

February 10, 2017/by editor

M22 Challenge registration opens March 1, 8 a.m.

Sports/Adventure, Upcoming Event

Online registration for the ninth annual M22 Challenge will go “live” at 8 a.m. on March 1. The event, to be held Saturday, June 10, near the Sleeping Bear Dune Climb, is capped at 900 athletes and in the past several years has reached capacity within 15 minutes.

February 9, 2017/by editor

Glen Arbor Art Association “Mostly Music” series features Trio Jazz

Upcoming Event

Trio Jazz Volume 1, a closer look at jazz and the popular songs that make up our national songbook, is the next installment of the Glen Arbor Art Association’s “Mostly Music” series, Sunday, Feb. 19, 7 p.m. at the Leelanau School Dining Hall in Glen Arbor. Tickets are $12, and available at the door or through the GAAA website: glenarborart.org.

February 9, 2017/by editor

Could Trump’s hiring freeze hurt Sleeping Bear staff, operations?

Investigative Article, Talk of the Town

Could Trump’s hiring freeze affect staff, and operations, at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, which typically hires 100 seasonal employees in May when it opens popular mainstays such as the Sleeping Bear Dune Climb and Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive in time for the summer tourism season?

January 27, 2017/by editor

Winter survival in the sauna

Historical Feature, Local Personality

Here in Northern Michigan, we suffer (no, enjoy!) many bone-chilling months, but those of us who speak the language of the sauna fear not the onset of temperatures that plummet to 0 degrees Fahrenheit, or below. Here are a few avid sauna lovers in our community who heat their hot rooms with Nippa stoves.

January 25, 2017/by editor

The Homestead holds Super Soups contest on national homemade soup day

Business Feature, Upcoming Event

What is your favorite soup? Is it bean with ham or perhaps tomato bisque, cheddar broccoli or chicken noodle? No matter your preference, you’re invited to celebrate National Homemade Soup Day on Saturday, Feb. 4, at The Homestead’s “Super Soups” contest.

January 24, 2017/by editor

Leelanau Women March on Washington

Dispatch from Afar, Local Personality, Talk of the Town

The January 21, 2017, Women’s March on Washington, D.C. attracted more than half a million demonstrators to the banks of the Potomac. Writer Anne-Marie Oomen of Empire, and other Leelanau women shared their experiences from that day.

January 23, 2017/by editor

Sugar Loaf’s characters: where are they now?

Business Feature, Historical Feature, Local Personality

This is Sugar Loaf, once the region’s premier ski resort and Leelanau County’s largest employer. Three hundred once worked here. Located off M-22, the artery of the peninsula, Sugar Loaf pulsed with traffic and commerce during these cold, quiet winter months until it closed in 2000. This isn’t the story of those who ran Sugar Loaf into the ground. This is the story of her characters and personalities, how they reflect on the resort, and what they’re up to now.

January 23, 2017/by editor